Jessica Tribble Wells has been promoted to executive editor, Amazon Crossing and Thomas & Mercer.
Carnegie Greenaway Medals
Women’s Prize for Fiction
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Amazon’s Best of the Year So Far
Amazon editors chose Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt as the best book of the year so far.
People 6/15
Gabriella Page-Fort has joined HarperOne as executive editor, reporting to Gideon Weil. She was previously at Amazon Crossing.
Bloomsbury Reports Record Sales, Profits
Bloomsbury announced results for fiscal year 2022, ending February 28, reporting its highest ever sales and profit. Sales were £230 million, up 24 percent from last year and 41 percent from 2020. Profit before tax was £22.2 million, up from £17.3 million last year. Recent acquisitions, led by Head of Zeus, accounted for £17 million of the increased sales, with “organic” sales up 15 percent for the year. “Both the Consumer and Non-Consumer divisions gave outstanding and resilient performances, highlighting Bloomsbury’s unique strength in combining general and academic publishing,” ceo Nigel Newton said. “Bloomsbury plans to invest robustly in continued […]